rodelynwiki - Project Plan

Project – Maplebear
Target group – 8 – 9 years old – grades 3-4
20 days – 4 hours /day

Week 1	Lesson plan Introduction to Forensic Science	Evaluation Ideas
Day 1	Introduction: “Who am I?”; KWL; What is a scientist; Great Mouse Detective; Case study	- Observation of students to determine their language level and ability to communicate in English. - Assessment of students’ responses to KWL to determine what they know about solving mysteries. - Determine students’ abilities to work in small groups.
Day 2	What is forensic science? – Recognize the role that science plays in criminal investigations – forensic scientists, Investigator journal, Great Mouse Detective;
Day 3	Scientific Inquiry and Skills (Types of observations – qualitative and quantitative) – description of another person, drawing a room, measurements; Great Mouse Detective
Day 4	Scientific Inquiry and Skills - Observation skills - scavenger hunt for a mock crime scene in the classroom set up by the teacher (evidence is "planted" around the room or outside for the kiddies to find) http://mysciencelessons.blogspot.com/2009/07/scavenger-hunt.html http://www.middleschoolscience.com/scavengerhunt-isn.pdf Great Mouse Detective
Day 5	Documenting the crime scene - Memory - hidden objects Great Mouse Detective
Week 2	Lesson plan Being a good witness	Evaluation Ideas
Day 1	Scientific Inquiry and Skills (Observation skills ) – questions and clues; what kinds of questions to ask Being a good witness = Witness to a crime Great Mouse Detective
Day 2	Scientific Inquiry and Skills (Observation and Inference – mystery footprints) Great Mouse Detective
Day 3	Interpretation of a crime scene – points of view - Interpretations from data http://mysciencelessons.blogspot.com/2009/07/d-t-activity.html http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/dynamic/session4/sess4_act1.htm http://www.middleschoolscience.com/turnips-isn.pdf http://www.middleschoolscience.com/turnips.pdf Making predictions - Magic Egg Predictor (p. 88 Food Works)
Day 4	Create a crime scene – write what you saw as a witness
Day 5	Act out the crime scene – write a play, make puppets and act out the play. Use Photostory to create and explain the crime scene
Week 3	Lesson plan Types of evidence	Evaluation Ideas
Day 1	Using the Your Senses in Forensic Science - smell, touch Escape Routes - Draft detector (p. 79 Science Works)
Day 2	Using the Your Senses in Forensic Science – hearing, Fingerprinting, measuring footprints, teeth impressions Fingerprinting - Whodunit (p.48 Science Works)
Day 3	Mystery substances Fiber analysis
Day 4	Mystery substances Identification of substances http://sciencespot.net/Media/Valentines_mysterypowder.pdf Determining pH - Kitchen Magic (p.88 Food Works); Cabbage indicator (p.190 Chemistry for every kid); Cabbage Paper (p. 192 Chemistry for every kid); Tumeric paper (p. 204 Chemistry for every kid) Paper chromotography - Rainbow effect (p. 154 Chemistry for every kid) Detecting iron - Drinkable iron (p. 112 Chemistry for every kid) Starch ID/testing for starch (p. 104, 106 Chemistry for every kid)
Day 5	Handwriting, secret messages and ink chromatography Code - Invisible Ink (p.75 Science Works); Magic writing (p. 110 Chemistry for every kid) Aging Paper (p. 86 Chemistry for every kid)
Week 4	Lesson plan Solving Crime – Critical Thinking and Problem Solving	Evaluation Ideas
Day 1	Logical problem solving and the scientific method – Case study – act out the case
Day 2	More case studies Dead animal mystery - The case of the missing teeth (p. 18 Food works); http://www.arkive.org/education/games/copse-and-robbers (interactive webgame) Scenarios - dead, lost, stolen, borrowed, accident (who's responsible)
Day 3	Careers Police - http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/eal/2009/03/lesson-45-the-role-of-the-police.html#more Task – create a book on how to solve mysteries Each student contributes at least one page to the book.
Day 4	Task – create a book on how to solve mysteries Each student contributes at least one page to the book.
Day 5	Task – create a book on how to solve mysteries Each student contributes at least one page to the book.